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@tiktokpolicy

@tiktokpolicy
28 posts
2025-09-20
Statement from ByteDance: “We thank President Xi Jinping and President Donald J. Trump for their efforts to preserve TikTok in the United States. ByteDance will work in accordance with applicable laws to ensure TikTok remains available to American users through TikTok U.S.”
2025-09-20 View on X
New York Times

Trump appears to suggest Xi Jinping approved a deal to divest TikTok's US operations during a call, but neither side elaborated on what the approval entailed

The president wrote on Truth Social, “appreciate the TikTok approval,” after a call with China's top leader, Xi Jinping.

Statement from ByteDance: “We thank President Xi Jinping and President Donald J. Trump for their efforts to preserve TikTok in the United States. ByteDance will work in accordance with applicable laws to ensure TikTok remains available to American users through TikTok U.S.”
2025-09-20 View on X
Bloomberg

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says Americans would hold six of the seven board seats for TikTok US and its algorithm would be US-controlled

The US operations of TikTok will be majority-owned and controlled by Americans under a deal reached this week to spin off the platform …

2025-04-29
We applaud today's passage of The TAKE IT DOWN Act and were proud to be an early supporter of this vital work to protect victims from digital harm. We commend @FLOTUS, @SenTedCruz, @SenAmyKlobuchar, @RepMariaSalazar, @RepDean, @VernBuchanan, @RepDebDingell, @RepPfluger, and
2025-04-29 View on X
Washington Post

The US House passes the Take It Down Act to criminalize posting nonconsensual intimate imagery, including deepfakes, and require online platforms to remove them

Trump is expected to sign into law a bill that would force online platforms to quickly take down nonconsensual intimate images.

2025-02-09
We're enhancing ways for our community to continue using TikTok by making Android Package Kits available at https://www.tiktok.com/... so that our U.S. Android users can download our app and create, discover, and connect on TikTok. More information at our Help Center:
2025-02-09 View on X
Engadget

TikTok advises its US Android users to sideload the app through APKs on its website; its app still isn't back in Apple's App Store and Google Play in the US

The social media app is still not available on Apple App Store and Google Play.  —  If you need to download and install TikTok in the US …

2025-01-20
STATEMENT FROM TIKTOK: In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service.  We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive.  It's a strong stand for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship.  We will work with President Trump on a long-term solution that keeps TikTok in the United States.
2025-01-20 View on X
The Verge

TikTok restores its service in the US, thanking Donald Trump for “the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties”

The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for …

2025-01-18
Our response to the Supreme Court decision: https://www.tiktok.com/...
2025-01-18 View on X
Bloomberg

SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk

but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Da...

Our response to the Supreme Court decision: https://www.tiktok.com/...
2025-01-18 View on X
CNBC

TikTok says it will go dark in the US on Sunday unless the Biden admin provides a “definitive statement” to critical service providers assuring non-enforcement

TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday without a guarantee from the Biden administration that it won't punish Apple …

Statement on Possible Shutdown The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans...
2025-01-18 View on X
CNBC

TikTok says it will go dark in the US on Sunday unless the Biden admin provides a “definitive statement” to critical service providers assuring non-enforcement

TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday without a guarantee from the Biden administration that it won't punish Apple …

2024-12-17
“The Supreme Court has an established record of upholding Americans' right to free speech.  Today, we are asking the Court to do what it has traditionally done in free speech cases: apply the most rigorous scrutiny to speech bans and conclude that it violates the First Amendment.  The TikTok ban results in a massive and unprecedented censorship of over 170M Americans...Estimates show that small businesses on TikTok would lose more than $1B in revenue and creators would suffer almost $300 million in lost earnings in just one month unless the ban is halted.”
2024-12-17 View on X
NBC News

Source: Trump meets with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew at Mar-a-Lago, the same day that the company asks the Supreme Court to block the law that could ban the app

President-elect Donald Trump tried to ban TikTok in 2020 but was blocked by the courts.  He has since changed his position on the issue.

“The Supreme Court has an established record of upholding Americans' right to free speech.  Today, we are asking the Court to do what it has traditionally done in free speech cases: apply the most rigorous scrutiny to speech bans and conclude that it violates the First Amendment.  The TikTok ban results in a massive and unprecedented censorship of over 170M Americans...Estimates show that small businesses on TikTok would lose more than $1B in revenue and creators would suffer almost $300 million in lost earnings in just one month unless the ban is halted.”
2024-12-17 View on X
NBC News

ByteDance asks SCOTUS to block the US law that could ban TikTok on January 19; when asked about the law, Trump says he has a “warm spot” in his heart for TikTok

Small business owners love TikTok for marketing and sales. Stella Martorana / Research Live : TikTok appeals to supreme court against US ban Fox Business : TikTok calls on Supreme ...

2024-12-14
Statement on DC Circuit Court ruling: “As we have previously stated, we plan on taking this case to the Supreme Court, which has an established historical record of protecting Americans' right to free speech.  The voices of over 170 million Americans here in the US and around the world will be silenced on January 19th, 2025 unless the TikTok ban is halted.”
2024-12-14 View on X
CNN

A US appeals court declines to temporarily block a ban on TikTok; TikTok had indicated it would ask SCOTUS to step in on an emergency basis to block the law

A federal appeals court on Friday declined to temporarily block a ban on TikTok, teeing up a showdown at the Supreme Court over whether …

2024-12-07
TikTok Statement on Court Decision: “The Supreme Court has an established historical record of protecting Americans' right to free speech, and we expect they will do just that on this important constitutional issue.  Unfortunately, the TikTok ban was conceived and pushed through based upon inaccurate, flawed and hypothetical information, resulting in outright censorship of the American people.  The TikTok ban, unless stopped, will silence the voices of over 170 million Americans here in the US and around the world on January 19th, 2025.”
2024-12-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

TikTok still faces a US ban if not sold by January 19, after a federal appeals court ruled that Congress has the power to take action to protect US interests

Divest-or-Sell Order Slated to Go Into Effect Next Month Forbes : Sources: Tim Cook and senior Apple execs have been discussing how best to respond to potential TikTok ban, concedi...

TikTok Statement on Court Decision: “The Supreme Court has an established historical record of protecting Americans' right to free speech, and we expect they will do just that on this important constitutional issue.  Unfortunately, the TikTok ban was conceived and pushed through based upon inaccurate, flawed and hypothetical information, resulting in outright censorship of the American people.  The TikTok ban, unless stopped, will silence the voices of over 170 million Americans here in the US and around the world on January 19th, 2025.”
2024-12-07 View on X
Bloomberg

TikTok users shouldn't count on Trump to save the app, as his stance has been inconsistent and the app's existence brings little upside for him post-election

One of Trump's first important decisions could be to deprive Gen Z of its favorite app.  —  A federal appeals court ruling …

2024-07-27
Our statement on the DOJ brief filed today: “Nothing in this brief changes the fact that the Constitution is on our side. The TikTok ban would silence 170 million Americans' voices, violating the First Amendment. As we've said before, the government has never put forth proof of
2024-07-27 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Filing: the US DOJ says TikTok collected data about its users' views on gun control, abortion, and religion, and censored content at ByteDance's direction

Justice Department defends new law requiring the sale or ban of the popular app  —  TikTok collected data about its users' views …

2024-06-21
Today we filed our opening brief in federal court as part of our litigation seeking to overturn the unconstitutional TikTok ban. Read the brief here: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/ ...
2024-06-21 View on X
Reuters

In a filing, ByteDance urged a US court to strike down a law that could ban TikTok in the US, recounting lengthy talks that it says the US ended in August 2022

which had been shrouded in secrecy. Eager for more revelations: https://www.nytimes.com/... David Shepardson / @davidshepardson : More from TikTok brief: “In short, Congress reache...

2024-06-19
Our statement on today's FTC announcement: We've been working with the FTC for more than a year to address its concerns.  We're disappointed the agency is pursuing litigation instead of continuing to work with us on a reasonable solution.  We strongly disagree with the FTC's allegations, many of which relate to past events and practices that are factually inaccurate or have been addressed.
2024-06-19 View on X
Reuters

The US FTC says it has referred a complaint to the DOJ against TikTok and ByteDance over potential violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it had referred a complaint to the Justice Department against the social media platform TikTok …

2024-05-31
The Reuters story published today is misleading and factually inaccurate. As we said in our court filing, the ‘qualified divestiture’ demanded by the Act to allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States is simply not possible: not commercially, not technologically, not
2024-05-31 View on X
Reuters

Sources: TikTok is working on a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its US users that may result in a version that operates independently of ByteDance

TikTok is working on a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its 170 million U.S. users that may result in a version …

2024-04-25
Our CEO Shou Chew's response to the TikTok ban: [video]
2024-04-25 View on X
The Verge

President Biden signs the ByteDance-TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law, after the Senate passed it by 79-18; the House passed the legislation 360-58 on April 20

The divest-or-ban bill is now law, starting the clock for ByteDance to make its move.  The company has an initial nine months …

Our Statement on Enactment of the TikTok Ban: This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we will challenge it in court.  We believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side, and we will ultimately prevail.
2024-04-25 View on X
The Verge

President Biden signs the ByteDance-TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law, after the Senate passed it by 79-18; the House passed the legislation 360-58 on April 20

The divest-or-ban bill is now law, starting the clock for ByteDance to make its move.  The company has an initial nine months …

2024-03-14
Our CEO Shou Chew's response to the TikTok ban bill: [video]
2024-03-14 View on X
Bloomberg

Memo: TikTok is “disappointed” that the US House passed the TikTok divestment bill, and reiterates its plans to lobby the Senate not to pass the legislation

TikTok told employees the company isn't planning to change its approach to protecting user data even after US lawmakers passed …